Obama joins social media site

By Donovan Slack

01/03/12 09:55 PM EST

He's on Twitter, Facebook and Flickr. Or at least his aides are. Now, President Barack Obama is on Instagram.

The photo-sharing service touted his joining Tuesday with a blog post: "We’re excited to welcome President Barack Obama to Instagram! We look forward to seeing how President Obama uses Instagram to give folks a visual sense of what happens in the everyday life of the President of the United States."

The first photo the president shared was a behind-the-scenes snapshot taken as he spoke with Iowa caucus goers from the Capitol Hilton via video link.

The president relied heavily on young voters in his first election effort and his campaign is no doubt trying to energize them once again with his ever-expanding social media presence.